American Horror Story: Freak Show’s cast of characters

At Comic-Con, the American Horror Story creator, Ryan Murphy, finally gave details on casting and characters.

For the fourth season, Jessica Lange – who has become iconic for her roles in the first three seasons – will return as Elsa Mars. Sarah Paulson, who has also featured in every American Horror Story season so far, will be portraying Better and Dot, a dual role of Siamese twins. Evan Peters will also reprise a role in the anthology series.

American Horror Story‘s most recent series, Coven, focussed on a group of witches and Salem descendants who inhabit a small boarding school and was met with critical and commercial acclaim back when it was televised last year. As a result, Emma Roberts, Kathy Bates and Angela Basset (all of which debuted in Coven) are set to return too.

There is also new casting with Michael Chiklis begining his American Horror Story career in Freak Show, along with John Carroll Lynch whose casting was revealed via a leaked photo.